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Paul van Dyk
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Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning DJ, record producer and musician. He was named the Worlds number one DJ in both 2005 and 2006, something only few DJs have ever achieved and he was the first ever DJ to be named number one by Mixmag in 2005. By 2008, he had sold over 3 million albums worldwide, Paul van Dyk is currently the radio host of Vonyc Sessions with Paul on Dash Radio. Paul van Dyk grew up in East Berlin in a single parent household, his father left him, while living there, he worked as a broadcast technician and began training to become a carpenter. Paul van Dyk claims his musical education came from radio, shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall, van Dyk and his mother were given permission to leave East Germany and moved to Hamburg to live with his aunt. In 1990, van Dyk moved back to Berlin and his first appearance as a DJ was in the Tresor in March 1991. After several more dates, he was given the chance to perform at AndreHoches Dubmission parties in the Turbine club, the shows were called Paul vs. Paul. With Cosmic Baby, he collaborated as The Visions of Shiva and their single Perfect Day was released by the Berlin independent label MFS Records, run by English ex-patriat producer Mark Reeder and manager Torsten Jurk. In February 1993, van Dyk and Kid Paul hosted an installment of the weekly three-hour HR3 Clubnight radio show, the second and final Visions of Shiva single How Much Can You Take. was released, and van Dyk and Cosmic went their separate musical ways. By late summer, Paul released his first DJ-mix compilation X-Mix-1 – the MFS Trip, in 1994, Paul van Dyk released The Green Valley EP, Pump This Party and Emergency 911. Meanwhile, MFS acquired many remixes for Paul, MFS label owner Mark Reeders close friendship with artists such as New Order gave Paul the opportunity to mix the track Spooky from the Republic album. He recorded his debut LP45 RPM with Johnny Klimek and VOOV, seven Ways established Paul van Dyk as a trance pioneer and was Paul van Dyks first real success in Britain. Seven Ways was voted the No.1 album by readers of DJ Magazine, in early 1997, Paul van Dyk began collaborating with U. S. music producer BT. Together, they produced such as Flaming June, Forbidden Fruit. By the time they realised I was a German, it was too late, Van Dyk also remixed a well known early-90s track, Age of Love, in 1997. In 1998,45 RPM was re-released in the UK and in the US, to mark the event, and in homage to the defunct E-Werk, Paul released a remix of For An Angel. Van Dyk took up a residency at Sheffields Gatecrasher and declared himself anti-drugs, in 1998, Paul remixed British trance duo Binary Finarys famous 1998 single, which was a successful version that took Binary Finary to the top of the German Dance charts. In mid-1998, Van Dyk left MFS Records and took a share in the new label Vandit Records

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Electronic Dance Music
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Electronic dance music is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres made largely for nightclubs, raves, and festivals. EDM is generally produced for playback by disc jockeys who create seamless selections of tracks, called a mix, EDM producers also perform their music live in a concert or festival setting in what is sometimes called a live PA. In the United Kingdom and in continental Europe, EDM is more commonly called dance music or simply dance. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, following the emergence of raving, pirate radio, at this time a perceived association between EDM and drug culture led governments at state and city level to enact laws and policies intended to halt the spread of rave culture. By the early 2010s the term dance music and the initialism EDM was being pushed by the US music industry. Early examples of dance music include the disco music of Giorgio Moroder. During the early 1980s, the popularity of disco music declined in the United States, abandoned by major US record labels. European disco continued evolving within the mainstream pop music scene. European acts Silver Convention, Love and Kisses, Munich Machine, and American acts Donna Summer, in 1977, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte produced I Feel Love for Donna Summer. It became the first well-known disco hit to have a completely synthesised backing track, other disco producers, most famously American producer Tom Moulton, grabbed ideas and techniques from dub music to provide alternatives to the four on the floor style that dominated. The sound that originated from P-Funk the electronic side of disco, dub music. Much of the music produced during this time was, like disco, at this time creative control started shifting to independent record companies, less established producers, and club DJs. Other dance styles that began to become popular during the era include dance-pop, boogie, electro, Italo disco, house. In the early 1980s, electro emerged as a fusion of funk, also called electro-boogie, but later shortened to electro, cited pioneers include Zapp, D. Train, Sinnamon. Early hip hop and rap combined with German and Japanese electropop influences such as Kraftwerk, as the electronic sound developed, instruments such as the bass guitar and drums were replaced by synthesizers and most notably by iconic drum machines, particularly the Roland TR-808. Early uses of the TR-808 include several Yellow Magic Orchestra tracks in 1980-1981, the 1982 track Planet Rock by Afrikaa Bambaataa, and the 1982 song Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye. In 1982, producer Arthur Baker with Afrika Bambaataa released the seminal Planet Rock which was influenced by the Yellow Magic Orchestra using Kraftwerk samples, Planet Rock was followed later that year by another breakthrough electro record, Nunk by Warp 9. In 1983, Hashim created an electro funk sound which influenced Herbie Hancock, the early 1980s were electros mainstream peak

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Vandit
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Vandit Records is a German record label founded in 1999 by Paul van Dyk. Its first release was van Dyks own tracks Another Way and Avenue, the Berlin-based record label is largely focused on trance and progressive house. The label has known for hosting large concert parties in Berlin. In 2013 they signed a distribution and video deal with Believe Digital. In May 2015, the celebrated their 15th anniversary with the digital release The Best of VANDIT

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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu

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Evolution (Paul van Dyk album)
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Evolution is the sixth studio album by Paul van Dyk released in April 2012. The album features a range of collaborations including Arty, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Adam Young, Austin Leeds, Plumb, Johnny McDaids Fieldwork project. The album was preceded by a series of singles, each of them accompanied by a video containing state-of-the-art visual effects. All the other tracks on the album are accompanied by a video as well. Verano featuring producer Austin Leeds is the albums first single, released on the 20 February 2012, I Dont Deserve You featuring vocals from Plumb was released several months after the release of the album

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Germans
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Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe, who share a common German ancestry, culture and history. German is the mother tongue of a substantial majority of ethnic Germans. The English term Germans has historically referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages, before the collapse of communism and the reunification of Germany in 1990, Germans constituted the largest divided nation in Europe by far. Ever since the outbreak of the Protestant Reformation within the Holy Roman Empire, of approximately 100 million native speakers of German in the world, roughly 80 million consider themselves Germans. Thus, the number of Germans lies somewhere between 100 and more than 150 million, depending on the criteria applied. Today, people from countries with German-speaking majorities most often subscribe to their own national identities, the German term Deutsche originates from the Old High German word diutisc, referring to the Germanic language of the people. It is not clear how commonly, if at all, the word was used as an ethnonym in Old High German, used as a noun, ein diutscher in the sense of a German emerges in Middle High German, attested from the second half of the 12th century. The Old French term alemans is taken from the name of the Alamanni and it was loaned into Middle English as almains in the early 14th century. The word Dutch is attested in English from the 14th century, denoting continental West Germanic dialects, while in most Romance languages the Germans have been named from the Alamanni, the Old Norse, Finnish and Estonian names for the Germans were taken from that of the Saxons. In Slavic languages, the Germans were given the name of němьci, originally with a meaning foreigner, the English term Germans is only attested from the mid-16th century, based on the classical Latin term Germani used by Julius Caesar and later Tacitus. It gradually replaced Dutch and Almains, the latter becoming mostly obsolete by the early 18th century, the Germans are a Germanic people, who as an ethnicity emerged during the Middle Ages. Originally part of the Holy Roman Empire, around 300 independent German states emerged during its decline after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ending the Thirty Years War and these states eventually formed into modern Germany in the 19th century. The concept of a German ethnicity is linked to Germanic tribes of antiquity in central Europe, the early Germans originated on the North German Plain as well as southern Scandinavia. By the 2nd century BC, the number of Germans was significantly increasing and they began expanding into eastern Europe, during antiquity these Germanic tribes remained separate from each other and did not have writing systems at that time. In the European Iron Age the area that is now Germany was divided into the La Tène horizon in Southern Germany and the Jastorf culture in Northern Germany. By 55 BC, the Germans had reached the Danube river and had either assimilated or otherwise driven out the Celts who had lived there, and had spread west into what is now Belgium and France. Conflict between the Germanic tribes and the forces of Rome under Julius Caesar forced major Germanic tribes to retreat to the east bank of the Rhine, in Roman-held territories with Germanic populations, the Germanic and Roman peoples intermarried, and Roman, Germanic, and Christian traditions intermingled. The adoption of Christianity would later become an influence in the development of a common German identity

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Trance music
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Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed during the 1990s in Germany. Although trance is a genre of its own, it incorporates influences from other musical styles such as techno, house, pop, chill-out, classical music, tech house, ambient. A trance refers to a state of hypnotism and heightened consciousness and this is portrayed in trance music by the mixing of layers with distinctly foreshadowed build-up and release. Trance tracks are often lengthy to allow for such progression and commonly have sufficiently sparse opening and closing sections to facilitate mixing by DJs, Trance can be purely instrumental, although vocals are also a common feature. Typically they are performed by mezzo-soprano to soprano female soloists, often without verse/chorus structure, structured vocal form in trance music forms the basis of the vocal trance subgenre, which has been described as grand, soaring, and operatic and ethereal female leads floating amongst the synths. It was promoted by the well-known UK club-night megatripolis whose scene catapulted it to international fame, One writer traces the roots of trance to Paul van Dyks 1993 remix of Humates Love Stimulation. However, van Dyks trance origins can be traced back to his work with Visions Of Shiva. With film music also being influential, Trance was arguably at its commercial peak in the second part of 1990s and early 2000s. Classic trance employs a 4/4 time signature, a tempo of 125 to 150 BPM, a kick drum is usually placed on every downbeat and a regular open hi-hat is often placed on the upbeat or every 1/8th division of the bar. Rapid arpeggios and minor keys are common features of Trance, the latter being almost universal, instruments are added or removed every 4,8,16, or 32 bars. In the section before the breakdown, the motif is often introduced in a sliced up and simplified form. Then later, the climax is usually a culmination of the first part of the track mixed with the main melodic reprise. As is the case with many music tracks, trance tracks are usually built with sparser intros and outros in order to enable DJs to blend them together immediately. As trance is more melodic and harmonic than other dance music. More recent forms of trance music incorporate other styles and elements of music such as electro. It emphasizes harsher basslines and drum beats which decrease the importance of offbeats, the bpm of more recent styles tends to be on par with house music at 120 -135 beats per minute. However, unlike house music, recent forms of trance stay true to their melodic breakdowns, Trance music is broken into a large number of subgenres. Chronologically, the major subgenres are classic trance, acid trance, progressive trance, uplifting trance, closely related to Uplifting Trance is Euro-trance, which has become a general term for a wide variety of highly commercialized European dance music

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DJ
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A disc jockey is a person who mixes different sources of pre-existing recorded music as it is playing, usually for a live audience in a nightclub or dance club or via broadcasting. DJs typically perform for an audience in a nightclub or dance club or a TV, radio broadcast audience, or in the 2010s. DJs also create mixes, remixes and tracks that are recorded for later sale, in hip hop music, DJs may create beats, using percussion breaks, basslines and other musical content sampled from pre-existing records. In hip hop, rappers and MCs use these beats to rap over, DJs use equipment that can play at least two sources of recorded music simultaneously and mix them together. This allows the DJ to create seamless transitions between recordings and develop unique mixes of songs, DJ equipment, notably the specialized DJ mixer, a small audio mixer with a crossfader and cue functions. The crossfader enables the DJ to blend or transition from one song to another, the cue knobs or switches allow the DJ to preview a source of recorded music in headphones before playing it for the live club or broadcast audience. Previewing the music in headphones helps the DJ pick the track they want to play. DJs may also use a microphone to speak to the audience, effects such as reverb to create sound effects, drum machines. The title DJ is also used by DJs in front of their real names or adopted pseudonyms or stage names as a title to denote their profession. Some DJs focus on creating a mix of songs for the club dancers or radio audience. Other DJs use turntablism techniques such as scratching, in which the DJ or turntablist manipulates the record player turntable to create new sounds. In many types of DJing, including club DJing and radio/TV DJing, there are several types of disc jockey. Radio DJs or radio personalities introduce and play music that is broadcast on AM, FM, club DJs select and play music in bars, nightclubs or discothèques, or at parties, raves, or even in stadiums. Mobile DJs travel with portable sound systems and play recorded music at a variety of events. Some mobile DJs also serve as the master of ceremonies at weddings or other events, directing the attention of attendees, there are also many competitions for DJs that specialize in different turntablism techniques, such as mixing, hip hop music-style scratching or other kinds of techniques. Other types of DJ use musical performance techniques that allow them to be categorized as performing musicians, hip hop DJs and are also often songwriters or music producers who use turntablism and sampling to create backing instrumentals for new tracks. In reggae, the DJ is a vocalist who raps, toasts, chants or chats over pre-recorded rhythm tracks, the individual who helps the DJ by selecting tracks or records to be played is called the selector. Many electronica artists and producers who work as DJs often perform music by combining turntablism with keyboards, digital musical instruments

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Alex M.O.R.P.H.
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Alexander Mieling better known by his stage name Alex M. O. R. P. H. is a German DJ and trance producer. Mieling released his first single in 1996 Paysages on the label Seelenlandschaften, one of his first collaborations was done together with Ralf Merle, with whom he created the Badlands project. After 2000, some of his productions were released on a label called Clubbgroove Records until 2003. Starting 2007, he collaborated with Paul Van Dyk to release a track on Pauls album, which led him to sign to his label Vandit and release his first album, Purple Audio. He has released most of his work in the Vandit label as he released the version of the album Purple Audio. For the first time in 2009, he entered the top 100 DJs in DJ Mag of which he earned the 99th position. In 2011, he released his first music video called An Angels Love on the Armada Music label which was viewed 1 million and 400 thousand times on YouTube, making it his most work as of 2015. After the release of the music video Angels Love, he released his album in 2012 called Prime Mover in the Armada Music label. Mieling founded a radio show called HeavensGate along with Woody van Eyden and he broadcasts weekly and it is broadcast on more than 200 radiostations in over 50 countries and reaches more than 10 million listeners. It mainly focuses on music and house. Discography, forum, and marketplace at Discogs

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John O'Callaghan (musician)
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John OCallaghan is an Irish musician and DJ, mainly producing trance music. He also produces music under the alias of Joint Operations Centre, Mannix, Henrik Zuberstein and he has also collaborated with fellow Discover artists such as Bryan Kearney, Neal Scarborough, Thomas Bronzwaer and Greg Downey as well as more recently, trance hero Leon Bolier. His best known track is Big Sky, done with vocalist Audrey Gallagher, callaghan has received remixes by trance artists such as The Thrillseekers, Sean Tyas, Gareth Emery, Cosmic Gate, Markus Schulz and Indecent Noise. He has also worked with Heatbeat and Aly & Fila, John OCallaghan formerly had the majority of his work released on Discover, the British record label set up by John Askew. Recently, his work has been released by Armada Music and its sublabels, primarily on Armind, the remix of his vocal trance production Big Sky by Agnelli & Nelson was voted Tune of The Year by listeners of Armin van Buurens A State of Trance radio show in 2007. In 2008, not only did John enter the DJ Mag 100 at number 60, with the success of 2008 flowing, John also became the first Irishman to play Trance Energy. In 2009, he rose 36 places to 24th in the DJ Mag 100, in addition to numerous single releases, he has released a live album and two artist albums, Something To Live For and Never Fade Away. Never Fade Away was released in 2009 on the Armada label shortly following the release of Find Yourself feat. Find Yourself was tipped a future favorite on Armin van Buurens weekly radio show, the track has received recognition from many DJs including Armin van Buuren, Tiesto, Judge Jules, Matt Hardwick and Gareth Emery. The track has received a remix from Cosmic Gate which is also making a lot of headway in many DJs set lists. OCallaghan has also released single from the album, Surreal which includes vocals from Jaren. 2010 also marked the start of Johns very own sublabel on Black Hole Recordings Called Subculture Something To Live For Never Fade Away Never Fade Away Unfold Unfold Live As, Volume 2 Trance World Volume 4 Trance Energy 2009 Subculture Subculture 2010 Subculture 2011 Subculture 2013 Subculture - The Residents

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Plumb (singer)
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Tiffany Arbuckle Lee, better known by her stage name Plumb, is a songwriter, recording artist, performer and author. Plumb was born in Indianapolis and grew up in Atlanta, singing in church and she moved to Nashville one week before her 21st birthday, where she now resides, and worked as a background singer for a number of artists, including Bill Gaither and Amy Grant. Following Silvertone Records affiliate Essential Records mainstream alternative radio success with its debut artist Jars of Clay in 1995, when she was urged to write, Plumb turned to Matt Bronlewee—an original member of Jars of Clay who happened to be her next-door neighbor—and the two hit it off. The debut album, Plumb, was released in 1997, with stage name Plumb coming from the Suzanne Vega song My Favorite Plum. Plumb has said subsequently that the addition of the letter B to the end was the idea of her producer Matt Bronleewe and, in her mind, also represents Bronleewes important contribution to her sound. In 1999, Plumb released a studio album titled Candycoatedwaterdrops. Three tracks from it were covered by other artists, Stranded and Here With Me by Jennifer Paige and, in 2001. Fueling the break from CCM, Cut was also used prominently during a scene in the storyline of The Vampire Diaries in the 10th episode of season 1. Plumb considered leaving the industry after the 2000 album. The letter was about her song Damaged about a girl coping with being molested as a child, the note said Whatever you do, I just want you to never forget that you have changed someones life, which inspired Plumb to remain in the music industry. She signed to Curb Records in 2003, releasing the album Beautiful Lumps of Coal on March 25,2003, the lead single, Real, peaked at No.41 in the UK Singles Chart. Her next album, titled Chaotic Resolve, entered the Billboard 200 album chart at No.177 on March 9,2006, better reached No.1 on the U. S. Christian airplay chart. The Bronleewe & Bose remix of her follow-up, Cut, hit No.1 on SiriusXMs dance hits channel BPM, shortly after the birth of her second child, Plumb recorded her 5th album, titled Blink, as collection of lullaby inspired songs. It was released on October 9,2007, immediately becoming one of her best selling and most enduring albums to date. In My Arms received remixes by Kaskade, Scotty K, Bronleewe & Bose, Gomi, and Bimbo Jones, with the latter reaching the No.3 spot on the Billboard Dance Charts. On May 19,2009, Curb Records announced that it would release a career spanning greatest hits album titled Beautiful History, which was released later in the year and included several new songs. The first single from Beautiful History, Hang On, reached No.1 on US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play in 2009, the debut single from the project, Drifting, a co-penned duet with longtime friend Dan Haseltine, spread quickly across Christian Rock radio. The single has remained in regular rotation nationwide for well over a year, selling close to 300,000 singles on iTunes to date, and is BDS certified at over 100,000 radio spins

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Arty (musician)
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Arty is a Russian record producer and DJ. He has collaborated with Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, BT, Paul van Dyk, Mat Zo, OneRepublic, at the age of eight years old, Artys grandmother insisted that he should go to music school, which he successfully completed at fourteen years old. Instead he learned to use an FL Studio sequencer and his love for video games and electronics led to his liking towards production equipment. Eventually he began to become inspired by artists like The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, after graduating from the Saratov State University with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Arty decided to seriously engage in electronic music. Arty released his first production, Inside Of Me / Flip Flop with Misha Kitone and his next EP, Vanilla Sky appeared on the label Enhanced Music and brought him to the attention of many worldwide known DJs. The Enhanced Progressive label was the first to sign Arty as an artist and his single Bliss appeared on track listing of A State Of Trance with Armin van Buuren in late 2009 and his breakthrough came later that year when Above & Beyond signed him to Anjunabeats. They featured his singles Rush and The Wonder in their club sets, following that, Arty released Trio alongside Matisse & Sadko on Axwells Axtone label in 2011. Arty also released music under his alias known as Alpha 9 in 2009 and 2010 and he released two tracks entitled Bliss and Come Home on Ferry Corstens label, Flashover Recordings. Following his release on Axtone Records in 2011, Arty collaborated with fellow Anjunabeats signed artist Mat Zo and their first joint production Rebound was released on 19 April 2011 as the 200th single of Anjunabeats. The song was voted Webvote Winner on three occasions in the radio show Trance Around the World. Since then, Arty has played at Electric Daisy Carnival, Tomorrowland, Creamfields, Ushuaia Ibiza, XS Encore Las Vegas, in 2014 Arty became the first Russian musician to sign with the American Insomniac record label and in 2015, Arty released his debut artist album Glorious. Glorious was released on Insomniac Records on 9 October 2015, Arty has had countless releases on labels like Enhanced Progressive, Vandit Records, Insomniac Records, Anjunabeats, Spinnin, Axtone, and Revealed. Most recently, Arty released Bloodfire on Hardwells label Revealed and is set to release a track on Anjunabeats entitled Distorted Love, in 2010, Arty appeared in the Top 100 DJs selection of DJ Magazine, where he appeared at 78th. In 2011 Arty climbed 53 spots to position 25 on the list, at the International Dance Music Awards 2011 he was nominated in the category Best Break-Through DJ. However, the award went to Afrojack, in 2013, he ranked 57th in the DJ Mag Top 100, and in 2014, he also made the list at #99, despite having a quiet year. Arty appeared on the Fall 2013 cover of Vonnubi Press Magazine along with a 10-page spread and he shared the fall issue with other big EDM names such as Zedd, Madeon, and Hardwell. Glorious Arty on Beatport Arty discography, forum, and marketplace at Discogs Arty on VK

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Caligola
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Caligula, properly Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was Roman emperor from AD 37–41. Born Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, Caligula was a member of the house of rulers known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Caligulas biological father was Germanicus, and he was the great-nephew, the young Gaius earned the nickname Caligula from his fathers soldiers while accompanying him during his campaigns in Germania. When Germanicus died at Antioch in AD19, his wife Agrippina the Elder returned with her six children to Rome, the conflict eventually led to the destruction of her family, with Caligula as the sole male survivor. Untouched by the intrigues, Caligula accepted the invitation to join the Emperor in AD31 on the island of Capri. With the death of Tiberius in AD37, Caligula succeeded his grand uncle, there are few surviving sources about the reign of Emperor Caligula, although he is described as a noble and moderate ruler during the first six months of his reign. After this, the focus upon his cruelty, sadism, extravagance. He directed much of his attention to construction projects and luxurious dwellings for himself. During his reign, the empire annexed the Kingdom of Mauretania as a province, in early AD41, Caligula was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy by officers of the Praetorian Guard, senators, and courtiers. Gaius Julius Caesar was born in Antium on 31 August 12 AD, Gaius had two older brothers, Nero and Drusus, as well as three younger sisters, Agrippina the Younger, Julia Drusilla and Julia Livilla. He was also a nephew of Claudius, Germanicus younger brother, Agrippina the Elder was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder. She was a granddaughter of Augustus and Scribonia on her mothers side, through Agrippina, Augustus was the maternal great-grandfather of Gaius. As a boy of just two or three, Gaius accompanied his father, Germanicus, on campaigns in the north of Germania, the soldiers were amused that Gaius was dressed in a miniature soldiers outfit, including boots and armour. He was soon given his nickname Caligula, meaning little boot in Latin, Gaius, though, reportedly grew to dislike this nickname. Suetonius claims that Germanicus was poisoned in Syria by an agent of Tiberius, after the death of his father, Caligula lived with his mother until her relations with Tiberius deteriorated. Tiberius would not allow Agrippina to remarry for fear her husband would be a rival, Agrippina and Caligulas brother, Nero, were banished in 29 AD on charges of treason. The adolescent Caligula was then sent to live with his great-grandmother Livia, after her death, he was sent to live with his grandmother Antonia. In 30 AD, his brother, Drusus Caesar, was imprisoned on charges of treason, Suetonius writes that after the banishment of his mother and brothers, Caligula and his sisters were nothing more than prisoners of Tiberius under the close watch of soldiers

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Exense
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Exense ASA is a Norwegian software developer that makes programs for managing procurement and logistics, in particular tailoring the Scandinavian public health sector. Based in Oslo, it also has offices in Stockholm, Luleå, the company was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange from 2000 to 2007, when it was degraded to Oslo Axess. In 2004, it bought the Swedish Idefix Konsult, the following year it bought Pro Consulting, but two years later it demerged the consulting division into Exense Consulting, that is also listed on Oslo Axcess

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Discogs
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Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and crowdsourced database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs. com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and are located in Portland, Oregon, US. While the site lists releases in all genres and on all formats, it is known as the largest online database of electronic music releases. Discogs currently contains over 8 million releases, by nearly 4 and he was inspired by the success of community-built sites such as Slashdot, eBay, and Open Directory Project, and decided to use this model for a music discography database. The sites original goal was to build the most comprehensive database of music, organized around the artists, labels. In 2003 the Discogs system was rewritten, and in January 2004 it began to support other genres. Since then, it has expanded to include rock and jazz in January 2005 and funk/soul, Latin, in January 2006 blues and non-music were added. On 30 June 2004, Discogs published a report, which included information about the number of its contributors and this report claimed that Discogs had 15,788 contributors and 260,789 releases. On 20 July 2007 a new system for sellers was introduced on the site called Market Price History. However, at the beginning of 2008, the Market Price History was also free of charge for all users. In late 2014, the company released two new beta websites, gearogs lets users add and track music equipment like synths, drum machines, and other electronic music making equipment. At the start of 2015, the company began another beta project — Bibliogs, users can submit information about their books, physical or electronic, different versions and editions, and also connect different credits to these books. 21,000 books were submitted by the end of 2016, the project remains in its beta phase. The license has since changed to a public domain one. Prior to the advent of this license and API, Discogs data was only accessible via the Discogs web sites HTML interface and was intended to be viewed only using web browsers, the HTML interface remains the only authorized way to modify Discogs data. On 7 June 2011 version 2 of the API was released, notable in this release was that a license key was no longer required, the default response was changed from XML to JSON, and the 5000 queries per day limit was removed. On 1 November 2011 a major update to version 2 of the API was released and this new release dropped support for XML, data is always returned in JSON format, however the monthly data dumps of new data are only provided in XML format. Additionally the Premium API service was dropped, on 24 June 2014 Discogs deprecated their XML API in lieu of a JSON-formatted API

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45 RPM (album)
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45 RPM is the debut album by Paul van Dyk. It was released in Germany on the MFS label on December 5th,1994 and it was then released on Deviant Records in the UK and Mute Records in the USA in 1998. Initial copies of the German album came with a disc of remixes Van Dyk had done for other artists called 45 Remixes Per Minute. Among the artists featured on this disc were New Order and Inspiral Carpets

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Seven Ways
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Seven Ways is a trance album by Paul van Dyk released on MFS in 1996 and later on Deviant Records and Mute Records. It is Paul van Dyks second studio album, several editions include a bonus disc featuring remixes of tracks from the main disc, as well as bonus tracks. The album was voted #1 by the readers of DJ Magazine, german release at Discogs U. S. release at Discogs

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Out There and Back
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Out There and Back is the third studio album by Paul van Dyk. It was released in 2000 and is the first album released on his own Vandit record label and it can be seen as Paul van Dyks breakthrough album. Several editions include a bonus CD, the album is partially inspired by the science fiction film Contact. Out There and Back at Discogs

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In Between (Paul van Dyk album)
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In Between is the fifth studio album by Paul van Dyk released on 14 August 2007. The album features a range of collaborations including David Byrne of Talking Heads, Jessica Sutta of the Pussycat Dolls, Ashley Tomberlin of Luminary. Lo-Fi Sugar, Rea Garvey of Reamonn, Ryan Merchant and Wayne Jackson, the latter had collaborated earlier with Paul van Dyk on the song The Other Side. The album also features a sample of Ben Lost from Probspots Blows My Mind on the song Another Sunday. The first single White Lies was released on 31 July 2007 and it is also sold unmixed on Rhapsody and Napster. There is also a track that is available from the Vonyc webstore. The track is Paul van Dyk & Starkillers & Austin Leeds feat, Ashley Tomberlin - New York City. The album has reached #115 on The Billboard 200 and #2 on the Top Electronic Albums, the album also reached number-sixteen on the Mexican Albums Chart and number-five on the International Chart. White Lies and Let Go have had videos produced and have released as singles off the album. All songs written by Paul van Dyk, except where noted. com store as well as on iTunes Store and it also managed to make its way into stores such as FYE. White Lies - Mixed By Paul van Dyk & Alex M. O. R. P. H. World in My Eyes - Vocals By Paul van Dyk Tracks produced by & mixed by Paul van Dyk including artists mentioned below. O. R. P. H. O. R. P. H

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Hands on in Between
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Hands on In Between is a remix album from Paul van Dyk, released on 24 November 2008. This album consists of two CDs of remixed songs featured on the original In Between album in 2007, selections from this album were remixed by various trance artists in the scene. It also includes the remix from van Dyks Far Away Remix Competition featured on Beatport earlier in the year. The winning remix was promised a release, in which progressive trance producer Mateo Murphy was given the honour, as well as a release on the Far Away single, his remix made it onto this compilation too. The title of the album refers to the fact many people have been hands on in producing remixes for songs on the In Between album. Some of the trance scenes current greats have given refreshed sounds such as Alex M. O. R. P. H, tom Colontonio, Re, Locate, Jon OBir, Greg Downey, Kyau & Albert, and Reaves & Ahorn to name but a few. Stylistically this double CD edition ventures into the popular styles of trance from progressive trance to tech trance. The first disc contains the track listing as the U. S. edition, except for the second disc. Talk in Grey –4,36 In Circles –8,35 New York City –7,24 Castaway –7,08 New York City –8,27 Complicated –8,05 Détournement –7,30 Far Away –9,32 Hands on In Between at Discogs

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For an Angel
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For An Angel is a trance debut track by German DJ Paul van Dyk. His most famous track, it was released in 1994 as a track on 45 RPM on the MFS record label. Since its release the track has one of the most influential. It was voted by Mixmag readers as the eighth greatest dance record of all time. A. the first video is available on Global. The original music video was filmed in the Riviera Maya in Mexico, in which Paul van Dyk, dressed in Malibu clothing, is relaxing on the beach. Also appearing are various short clips of the scenery surrounding him, at the start of the music video, Paul van Dyk is seen sitting under a palm tree, while later in the music video he watches local children playing football on the beach. The song was featured on the Gigi DAgostino compilation album, Il programmino di Gigi Dagostino

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Nothing But You
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Nothing But You is a single released by Paul van Dyk in association with the group Hemstock & Jennings – Nothing But You is a re-work of their 2002 single Arctic. It also features the well known trance singer Jan Johnston, as well as Kym on vocals, the song was featured in the soundtracks of EA Games FIFA Football 2004 and the Cirrus remix in Need For Speed Underground 2. The song also appears in DJ Hero, mixed together with Sandy Riveras I Cant Stop and it reached #14 in the UK Singles Chart and #6 in the US Hot Dance Club Play. The vocals featured in this track are Norwegian, jeg har ingenting, men jeg har alt når jeg har deg which translates to I have nothing, but I have everything when I have you. At various points in the video, Paul van Dyk looks up at the girl and thinks to himself. The girl and boy both climb down and they meet in the street where they inevitably kiss, lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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Time of Our Lives/Connected
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Time of Our Lives/Connected is a double A-side single written and released by Paul van Dyk. The song Time of Our Lives was recorded in collaboration with the indie UK rock band Vega 4, Time of Our Lives was recently featured in a Jeep commercial in May,2007 and the film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The song Connected was featured in a Motorola commercial featuring Paul and this song also featured in the movie Into the Blue. Radio Edit PVD Club Mix Motomix 05 Time of Our Lives PVD Club Mix Motomix 05 Time of Our Lives/Connected at AllMusic

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Wir Sind Wir
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Wir sind wir was released as a stand-alone single by Paul van Dyk in 2004. Unlike most of his singles, this was not released on any official studio album by van Dyk. The song features Peter Heppner on vocals, and was recorded in German, presumably because it speaks directly to Germans. Are we the land of poets and thinkers, the land of the Wirtschaftswunder, Wir sind wir deals with the deep feeling of emotional insecurity that permeates the German society in the early 21st century. The fact that Germany had turned itself from a one-time pariah into a friend of the Western great powers and had reunited itself with the end of the Cold War were suddenly unimportant. There was little pride in being German, and patriotism was a suppressed emotion and this is reflected in the lyrics, despite having turned ash into gold, people were feeling angst and fear of the future. Heppner and Van Dyk then ask, where do the Germans stand, and answer we are we, we are one, this is just a bad period, the song is a powerful statement for all Germans that they are neither bad nor good, but just themselves. For 40 years, everything went well, and now after some bad years, it is time to stand united, the lyrics highlight the positive qualities of German culture and society and stand as a beacon of hope. Paul van Dyk appears only twice, fleetingly on both occasions, initially reading a newspaper, and later listening to the radio in a Pilstube, the song reached the German Top 10 and was received very favourably. Germans were touched by the hauntingly beautiful atmosphere of the song and it left such a deep impact that Matthias Platzeck asked Heppner and Van Dyk to perform Wir sind wir in the official 2005 German national holiday festivities. Wir sind wir Wir sind wir Wir sind wir Wir sind wir Wir sind wir Wir sind wir Wir sind wir Paul Van Dyks Official Website

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The Other Side (Paul van Dyk song)
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The Other Side is a single released on Paul van Dyks second DJ mix album The Politics of Dancing 2. Paul van Dyk wrote the song in retort to the tsunami which hit southeast Asia on 26 December 2004. Van Dyk believes it is important to recognise that many thousands of people were affected by this tragedy, the Other Side portrays the feeling of still being with a person, in ones thoughts, who has died. It expresses the faith and aspiration of seeing that person again on the other side, the single also includes remixes by Deep Dish, Mark Spoon and Martin Roth. It features Wayne Jackson on vocals, formerly of the band the Dostoyevskys, the video features a poor elderly man going through a day in his life, with two ever-present people observing and occasionally influencing his life. The Other Side The Other Side The Other Side The Other Side * The Other Side The Other Side * The Other Side * The Other Side The Other Side The Other Side The Other Side The Other Side

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White Lies (Paul van Dyk song)
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White Lies, released in July 2007, is the first single from Paul van Dyks album In Between. It features vocals from Jessica Sutta, former member of the Pussycat Dolls, I had a lot of fun working with Jessica. Her lascivious voice and sexy attitude reflects the theme of the single perfectly, said Paul van Dyk via press release. Jessica also spoke about working with Paul Van Dyk, The single received positive reviews, Paul Van Dyk makes a grand return to the club scene with his new single White Lies and Jessica Sutta also proves that Nicole Scherzinger isnt the only Pussycat Doll who can sing lead. The combination of two results in a great song with some great remixes. While only one mix is what youd expect from Paul Van Dyk, all of the mixes are excellent and worth checking out. Paul Van Dyk and Alex M. O. R. P. H do the Berlin Mix - It showcases all of the elements that make up a great trance mix. Synthesizers and pumped-up drums and beats zoom around frantically with the vocals being that of Jessica singing the title of the song. Its a perfect choice for those late night punters who dont need a lot of singing with their music, if you want to actually hear the vocals, go directly to the L. A. Mix. This mix uses all of the vocals and is not as euphoric-sounding as the first mix. The beats are rougher and the element is essentially missing. It almost sounds like a Dave Aude remix, perhaps his influence rubbed off on Van Dyk for this particular version. The added elements of flamenco guitar and punched up drums make this mix a stellar one and this sound is a refreshing change to what we are used to from him. The Dave Spoon Mix continues in the same direction as the previous mix. The keyboards are the main attraction here, though during most of the mix they overpower Jessicas vocals, finally, the Aural Float Remix is a dreamy electronic mix, not at all good for dancing to but perfect for a chilled out evening at home. The song moves along lazily and feels very atmospheric, never attempting to do anything related to a dance floor, the video closely resembles Madonnas video for Open Your Heart as well as Bob Fosses choreography for his Mein Herr routine from Cabaret. The video was directed by Steven Antin and produced by Looking Glass Films in Hollywood, White Lies - PvD Berlin Remix 3. White Lies - PvD LA Remix 4, White Lies - Dave Spoon Remix 5. White Lies - Aural Float Remix Long 1, White Lies - Radio Edit 2

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In Between Tour
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In Between Album Tour is Paul van Dyks 2007 concert tour in support of the album In Between. The tour took him to 24 different cities in 11 different countries, on August 2007 the tour began its Asian leg in Bangkok, and swept through Malaysia and Singapore. Before ending the North American leg, Paul van Dyk continues through Spain, United Kingdom, Czech Republic

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Trance
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Trance denotes any state of awareness or consciousness other than normal waking consciousness. Trance states may occur involuntarily and unbidden, the term trance may be associated with hypnosis, meditation, magic, flow, and prayer. It may also be related to the generic term, altered states of consciousness. With this definition, meditation, hypnosis, addictions and charisma are seen as being trance states, john Horgan in Rational Mysticism explores the neurological mechanisms and psychological implications of trances and other mystical manifestations. Horgan incorporates literature and case-studies from a number of disciplines in this work, chemistry, physics, a state of hyper or enhanced suggestibility. Trance conditions include all the different states of mind, emotions, moods, all activities which engage a human involve the filtering of information coming into sense modalities, and this influences brain functioning and consciousness. Therefore, trance may be understood as a way for the mind to change the way it filters information in order to more efficient use of the minds resources. Trance states may also be accessed or induced by various modalities and is a way of accessing the unconscious mind for the purposes of relaxation, healing, there is an extensive documented history of trance as evidenced by the case-studies of anthropologists and ethnologists and associated and derivative disciplines. Hence trance may be perceived as endemic to the human condition, principles of trance are being explored and documented as are methods of trance induction. Benefits of trance states are being explored by medical and scientific inquiry, many traditions and rituals employ trance. Trance also has a function in religion and mystical experience, castillo states that, Trance phenomena result from the behavior of intense focusing of attention, which is the key psychological mechanism of trance induction. Adaptive responses, including institutionalized forms of trance, are tuned into neural networks in the brain, culture-specific organizations exist in the structure of individual neurons and in the organizational formation of neural networks. Hoffman states that, Trance is still defined as a state of reduced consciousness. However, the more recent anthropological definition, linking it to altered states of consciousness, is becoming increasingly accepted, Hoffman asserts that. the trance state should be discussed in the plural, because there is more than one altered state of consciousness significantly different from everyday consciousness. According to Hoffman, pilgrims visited the Temple of Epidaurus, an asclepeion, seekers of healing would make pilgrimage and be received by a priest who would welcome and bless them. This temple housed an ancient religious ritual promoting dreams in the seeker that endeavored to promote healing and this temple was built in honor of Asclepios, the Greek god of medicine. The Greek treatment was referred to as incubation, and focused on prayers to Asclepios for healing, the asclepion at Epidaurus is both extensive and well-preserved, and is traditionally regarded as the birthplace of Asclepius. The Oracle at Delphi was also famous for trances in the ancient Greek world, stories of the saints in the Middle Ages, myths, parables, fairy tales, oral lore and storytelling from different cultures are themselves potentially inducers of trance

Paul van Dyk
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Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning DJ, record producer and musician. He was named the Worlds number one DJ in both 2005 and 2006, something only few DJs have ever achieved and he was the first ever DJ to be named number one by Mixmag in 2005. By 2008, he had sold over 3 million albums worldwi

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Paul van Dyk

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Paul van Dyk at the Lizard Lounge in Dallas on February 14, 2015.

Electronic Dance Music
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Electronic dance music is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres made largely for nightclubs, raves, and festivals. EDM is generally produced for playback by disc jockeys who create seamless selections of tracks, called a mix, EDM producers also perform their music live in a concert or festival setting in what is sometimes called a liv

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Roland TB-303: The bass line synthesizer that was used prominently in acid house.

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An EDM festival in 2013 with over 100,000 attendees, exhibiting the large crowds and dramatic lighting common at such events since the early 2000s.

Vandit
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Vandit Records is a German record label founded in 1999 by Paul van Dyk. Its first release was van Dyks own tracks Another Way and Avenue, the Berlin-based record label is largely focused on trance and progressive house. The label has known for hosting large concert parties in Berlin. In 2013 they signed a distribution and video deal with Believe D

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Vandit

Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select th

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Alan Parsons in an ESO 50th anniversary video.

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A Danish recording session

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Mixing Console

Evolution (Paul van Dyk album)
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Evolution is the sixth studio album by Paul van Dyk released in April 2012. The album features a range of collaborations including Arty, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Adam Young, Austin Leeds, Plumb, Johnny McDaids Fieldwork project. The album was preceded by a series of singles, each of them accompanied by a video containing state-of-the-art visual effects.

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Evolution

Germans
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Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe, who share a common German ancestry, culture and history. German is the mother tongue of a substantial majority of ethnic Germans. The English term Germans has historically referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages, before the collapse

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18 January 1871: The proclamation of the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles. Bismarck appears in white. The Grand Duke of Baden stands beside Wilhelm, leading the cheers. Crown Prince Friedrich, later Friedrich III, stands on his father's right.

Trance music
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Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed during the 1990s in Germany. Although trance is a genre of its own, it incorporates influences from other musical styles such as techno, house, pop, chill-out, classical music, tech house, ambient. A trance refers to a state of hypnotism and heightened consciousness and this is portrayed in

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Trance Energy Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands

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Psychedelic trance culture of Kazantip in 2006, showing the decorations common at trance music events.

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Clubbers at Gatecrasher on April 16, 2006

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Sensation White 2006

DJ
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A disc jockey is a person who mixes different sources of pre-existing recorded music as it is playing, usually for a live audience in a nightclub or dance club or via broadcasting. DJs typically perform for an audience in a nightclub or dance club or a TV, radio broadcast audience, or in the 2010s. DJs also create mixes, remixes and tracks that are

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A young woman plays a gramophone in an air raid shelter in north London (1940).

Alex M.O.R.P.H.
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Alexander Mieling better known by his stage name Alex M. O. R. P. H. is a German DJ and trance producer. Mieling released his first single in 1996 Paysages on the label Seelenlandschaften, one of his first collaborations was done together with Ralf Merle, with whom he created the Badlands project. After 2000, some of his productions were released o

John O'Callaghan (musician)
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John OCallaghan is an Irish musician and DJ, mainly producing trance music. He also produces music under the alias of Joint Operations Centre, Mannix, Henrik Zuberstein and he has also collaborated with fellow Discover artists such as Bryan Kearney, Neal Scarborough, Thomas Bronzwaer and Greg Downey as well as more recently, trance hero Leon Bolier

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O'Callaghan in Moscow, 2010

Plumb (singer)
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Tiffany Arbuckle Lee, better known by her stage name Plumb, is a songwriter, recording artist, performer and author. Plumb was born in Indianapolis and grew up in Atlanta, singing in church and she moved to Nashville one week before her 21st birthday, where she now resides, and worked as a background singer for a number of artists, including Bill G

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Plumb

Arty (musician)
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Arty is a Russian record producer and DJ. He has collaborated with Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, BT, Paul van Dyk, Mat Zo, OneRepublic, at the age of eight years old, Artys grandmother insisted that he should go to music school, which he successfully completed at fourteen years old. Instead he learned to use an FL Studio sequencer and his love

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Arty at Alfa Future People Festival 2015

Caligola
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Caligula, properly Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was Roman emperor from AD 37–41. Born Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, Caligula was a member of the house of rulers known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Caligulas biological father was Germanicus, and he was the great-nephew, the young Gaius earned the nickname Caligula from his fathers sold

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Bust of Caligula at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum in Copenhagen

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A caliga.

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A marble bust of Caligula restored to its original colours. The colours were identified from particles trapped in the marble.

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Julia Drusilla, sister of Caligula

Exense
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Exense ASA is a Norwegian software developer that makes programs for managing procurement and logistics, in particular tailoring the Scandinavian public health sector. Based in Oslo, it also has offices in Stockholm, Luleå, the company was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange from 2000 to 2007, when it was degraded to Oslo Axess. In 2004, it bought th

Discogs
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Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and crowdsourced database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs. com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and are located in Portland, Oregon, US. While

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Discogs

45 RPM (album)
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45 RPM is the debut album by Paul van Dyk. It was released in Germany on the MFS label on December 5th,1994 and it was then released on Deviant Records in the UK and Mute Records in the USA in 1998. Initial copies of the German album came with a disc of remixes Van Dyk had done for other artists called 45 Remixes Per Minute. Among the artists featu

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45 RPM

Seven Ways
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Seven Ways is a trance album by Paul van Dyk released on MFS in 1996 and later on Deviant Records and Mute Records. It is Paul van Dyks second studio album, several editions include a bonus disc featuring remixes of tracks from the main disc, as well as bonus tracks. The album was voted #1 by the readers of DJ Magazine, german release at Discogs U.

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Seven Ways

Out There and Back
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Out There and Back is the third studio album by Paul van Dyk. It was released in 2000 and is the first album released on his own Vandit record label and it can be seen as Paul van Dyks breakthrough album. Several editions include a bonus CD, the album is partially inspired by the science fiction film Contact. Out There and Back at Discogs

In Between (Paul van Dyk album)
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In Between is the fifth studio album by Paul van Dyk released on 14 August 2007. The album features a range of collaborations including David Byrne of Talking Heads, Jessica Sutta of the Pussycat Dolls, Ashley Tomberlin of Luminary. Lo-Fi Sugar, Rea Garvey of Reamonn, Ryan Merchant and Wayne Jackson, the latter had collaborated earlier with Paul va

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In Between

Hands on in Between
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Hands on In Between is a remix album from Paul van Dyk, released on 24 November 2008. This album consists of two CDs of remixed songs featured on the original In Between album in 2007, selections from this album were remixed by various trance artists in the scene. It also includes the remix from van Dyks Far Away Remix Competition featured on Beatp

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Hands on In Between

For an Angel
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For An Angel is a trance debut track by German DJ Paul van Dyk. His most famous track, it was released in 1994 as a track on 45 RPM on the MFS record label. Since its release the track has one of the most influential. It was voted by Mixmag readers as the eighth greatest dance record of all time. A. the first video is available on Global. The origi

Nothing But You
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Nothing But You is a single released by Paul van Dyk in association with the group Hemstock & Jennings – Nothing But You is a re-work of their 2002 single Arctic. It also features the well known trance singer Jan Johnston, as well as Kym on vocals, the song was featured in the soundtracks of EA Games FIFA Football 2004 and the Cirrus remix in Need

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"Nothing But You"

Time of Our Lives/Connected
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Time of Our Lives/Connected is a double A-side single written and released by Paul van Dyk. The song Time of Our Lives was recorded in collaboration with the indie UK rock band Vega 4, Time of Our Lives was recently featured in a Jeep commercial in May,2007 and the film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The song Connected was featured in a Mot

Wir Sind Wir
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Wir sind wir was released as a stand-alone single by Paul van Dyk in 2004. Unlike most of his singles, this was not released on any official studio album by van Dyk. The song features Peter Heppner on vocals, and was recorded in German, presumably because it speaks directly to Germans. Are we the land of poets and thinkers, the land of the Wirtscha

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"Wir sind wir"

The Other Side (Paul van Dyk song)
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The Other Side is a single released on Paul van Dyks second DJ mix album The Politics of Dancing 2. Paul van Dyk wrote the song in retort to the tsunami which hit southeast Asia on 26 December 2004. Van Dyk believes it is important to recognise that many thousands of people were affected by this tragedy, the Other Side portrays the feeling of still

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"The Other Side"

White Lies (Paul van Dyk song)
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White Lies, released in July 2007, is the first single from Paul van Dyks album In Between. It features vocals from Jessica Sutta, former member of the Pussycat Dolls, I had a lot of fun working with Jessica. Her lascivious voice and sexy attitude reflects the theme of the single perfectly, said Paul van Dyk via press release. Jessica also spoke ab

In Between Tour
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In Between Album Tour is Paul van Dyks 2007 concert tour in support of the album In Between. The tour took him to 24 different cities in 11 different countries, on August 2007 the tour began its Asian leg in Bangkok, and swept through Malaysia and Singapore. Before ending the North American leg, Paul van Dyk continues through Spain, United Kingdom,

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Promo poster for Paul van Dyk's "In Between Album Tour"

Trance
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Trance denotes any state of awareness or consciousness other than normal waking consciousness. Trance states may occur involuntarily and unbidden, the term trance may be associated with hypnosis, meditation, magic, flow, and prayer. It may also be related to the generic term, altered states of consciousness. With this definition, meditation, hypnos

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The Oracle at Delphi was famous for her divinatory trances throughout the ancient Mediterranean world.